Jan. 31, 2021
Elie Klein and Barry Wendell have little in common other than both being Jews who grew up in Baltimore. Klein is 40, works for a non-profit and now lives in Beit Shemesh, a commuter town halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Wendell is 71, semi-retired and lives in Morgantown, West Virginia.
But the two men – separated by 6,000 miles – both just received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Israel’s success with its vaccine rollout has made international headlines. But West Virginia’s is much less known and more surprising – an ingenious solution that took advantage of the rural nature of the state.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci says a lack of candour and facts about the coronavirus pandemic under former U.S. president Donald Trump very likely cost lives because it delayed getting sound scientific advice to the country.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, wears a lab equipment-themed mask as he arrives for a COVID-19 briefing with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
2021/01/20 20:11 People sit and relax after receiving their Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Salisbu. People sit and relax after receiving their Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Salisbury Cathedral opened its doors for the second time as a venue for the Sarum South Primary Care Network COVID-19 Local Vaccination Service. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Members of the West Virginia National Guard monitor statewide efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the National Guard J. Members of the West Virginia National Guard monitor statewide efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the National Guard Joint Forces headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. West Virginia has emerged an unlikely success in the nation s otherwise chaotic vaccine rollout. Officia
West Virginia National Guard members assist with inauguration security as concerns mount following insurrection By
January 18, 2021 - 8:07 pm
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Members of the West Virginia National Guard have been in Washington, D.C. previously to assist with the security of presidential inaugurations and State of the Union addresses, but this month’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has changed the overall effort.
Around 25,000 National Guard troops will be in the nation’s capital in the wake of the Jan. 6 violence, in which supporters of President Donald Trump led a riot at the legislative building, halting the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Five people died in the incident.